Vocalist/guitarist
Gordon Deppe and bassist
Sandy Horne founded
the Spoons in 1979 in Ontario, while both were still in high school. Later adding drummer Derrick Ross and keyboard player
Rob Preuss, the group recorded Stick Figure Neighborhood in 1981 for Ready Records. Arias and Symphonies and Talkback followed in the next two years, but then
Scott MacDonald and Ian Hendry replaced
Rob Preuss and Derrick Ross, respectively. The Spoons also added guitarist
Colin Cripps for a 1986 album on Anthem called
Bridges over Borders. Two years later,
Vertigo Tango was released. ~ John Bush